This is an analysis of the poem Moon Song that begins with:

A child saw in the morning skies
The dissipated-looking moon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXX cacadd aeXeXX cXcXXc acacbbXbbbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 01010101 11010111 1110111100 11010101 1010101010 01000101 10010101 110011101 11010001 11110101 11110101 01010101 01111001 10101010100 1110101101 11110111 010101110 11010111 01100101 1110010111 1101010100 111110110 11111101 01010101 010110101 11010101 11011111 11011111 11110101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11110101 11011111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, like are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Moon Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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